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Assignment 3
Part A
The selected text is the simplified version of the traditional fable The Greedy
Crow. It is suitable for Standard Four students. The language is comprehensible to
the young learners since it has simple ideas, moral values and grammar structure.
The colourful pictures in the fable highlight the characters and plots, thus allow
young learners to understand the storyline. In addition, since the texts are short, and
illustrated, it will encourage students to keep reading and enjoy the story. Besides
that, the text can also be exploited for various kinds of task and interactive activities.
My teaching plans are as follow:
Lesson 1: Grammar and Vocabulary (30 minutes)
The objective of this lesson is to teach grammar which focuses on simple past tense
besides introduces new vocabularies towards students. As an introduction, I will
introduce the fable through four pieces of a picture puzzle. The selected student has
to match all the pieces and let the class guess the picture. After that, I will use
slideshow and short video to show the comparison between present tense and past
tense such as is, was, and do not, did not. Here, I will later explain about the
past tense and its function accompanies with examples of sentences and actions.
For instance, An eagle flies down to the ground, and the eagle flew down to the
ground. Next, I will demonstrate the reading with the correct pronunciation.
Afterward, selected students will read the fables and I will check their pronunciation. I
will also discuss about the moral values based on the story. In addition, in order to
increase their understanding on the simple past tense, I will provide worksheets
which students, in pair, have to fill in the blanks with the correct answer using the
simple past tense. They have to change the simple present tense to the simple past
tense. Lastly, I will give individual worksheets which students have to find the
meaning and construct sentences based on the given simple past tense words.
Lesson 2: Role-play activities (30 minutes)
The objective of this lesson is to expose the students with past tense and give
opportunity to students to practice English in the classroom. First of all, I will put two
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flashcards with sentences such as Today, I eat an apple and a mango, and
Yesterday, I ate an apple and a mango. Then, a selected student will have to find
the differences between the two sentences and circle the words which are eat, ate,
today and yesterday. Later, I will explain the differences and thus introduce past
tense and its function towards students. Secondly, based on the textbook, I let
students read silently and after that they have to read it in front of the class by acting
as Mr Crow, Mr Eagle and Mr Hawk. Here, I can check their pronunciation. Moreover,
in order to enhance students understanding on the simple past tense, I divide the
class into three or four groups. Each leader of the groups has to choose one
flashcards in order to get a task. For instance, construct sentences from the given
words and pictures in past tense. Lastly, as homework, I will give worksheets which
students have to construct five to ten sentences in order to make a short story based
on the given pictures.
Lesson 3: Sequencing and Matching (30 minutes)
Next, the objective of this lesson is to teach students about past tense and help them
to comprehend the story. At the beginning, I will introduce past tense to students
through short videos or slideshows. Pictures and animation will help them to
understand the function of the simple past tense and when it is used. Later on, I will
make a clarification with making another example that relates to students daily
activities such as yesterday, I wore a uniform and I went to the canteen just now.
After that, I will continue with reading the textbook and choose students to act out the
story. In order to make them comprehend the fable, I will give printed worksheets
which the students have to rearrange the sequence of the given story. Lastly, for
their homework, I will provide another worksheets which they have to match the
correct words in past tense with the meanings.





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Part B: Sample Lesson Plan: Lesson 1
Level: Standard 4 Skill focus: Reading, Writing, Listening
and Speaking.
Topic: Fable: The Greedy
Crow
Teaching Objectives:
The objectives of this lesson are to:
help students to understand the past tense form and its functions.
help students to read and understand the story.
exposed students with new vocabularies.
encourage students to think critically on the moral values.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, the pupil should be able to:
able to read and pronounce the words in the sentences correctly.
able to use the simple past tense form in written and spoken form.
actively involved in the discussion during the lesson.
listen and able to answers all the questions.

Steps Content Teaching and Learning
Activities
Remarks (Rationale/
Teaching Resources)



Introduction
and warm-
up: Pre-
reading
activities
Introduction to
the fable: The
Greedy Crow.
Teacher pastes four pieces
of a picture puzzle on the
black board.
Teacher called a student to
match the pieces.
Teacher asks the class what
the picture it is.
Teacher introduces the topic
is about the Greedy Crow
Teacher asks the meaning of
greedy and what is the
To gain students attention
and interest

Motivate active
involvement in the
classroom.

To create better
understanding based on
the cover and triggers
them to think critically.
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meaning of The Greedy
Crow.

Teaching aids:
A picture puzzle of The
Greedy Crow
Pre-reading
using
slideshows and
short videos.
Teacher focuses on the main
point of learning the story.
Create early understanding
of simple past tense.
Distinguishes the simple
present tense and simple
past tense.
Teacher introduces the
functions of the simple past
tense.
Teacher gives more example
of the simple past tenses:
Is Was
Are Were
Do Did
Do not Did not
Fly Flew
Decide Decided

An eagle flies down to the
ground,

The eagle flew down to the
ground.

Give the idea of the lesson
towards students.


To familiarise students
with the simple past tense.

To clarify the difference
between simple present
tense and simple past
tense.

Teaching aids:
-slideshows and short
video




Model reading



Teacher will read the story
first with correct
pronunciation.
Teacher will let students read
To demonstrate the correct
way to pronounce the
words.

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Presentation:
Reading the
story








silently for a while.
Teacher will select students
to read the story in front of
the class.
Teacher will check the
pronunciation.

Give students some times
to familiarise with the
words.

To encourage and give
opportunity to students to
practise speaking in
English

To give direct response
towards students.


Teaching aid:
Textbook


Discussion
about the moral
values.

Teacher asks students about
the moral values.
Asking open-ended and
closed-ended questions:
What will happen if the Mr
Crown just ate his piece of
meat?
Why do you think he wanted
to eat the dead rat even
though he had a bigger
meat?
Who took the meat after Mr
Crow left it behind?

Answering comprehension
question and asks students

To make students think
critically.


To teach students more
vocabularies.


Teaching aid:
Textbook

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to find the answer in the
textbook.








Practice:
Post-reading
activities
Pair-work
activity
The students will find their
own pair.
Teacher will give the
worksheet and students have
to fill in the blanks with the
correct answers in past tense
form.
Students have to change
simple present tense to
simple past tense.
The questions will be
discussed in the class.
Teacher will check their
pronunciation whilst they
answering the questions.
The given question are like
Mr Crow (fly)_____ down to
the ground.
There (is)_____ a piece of
meat under the tree.

To encourage students to
answers the questions,

To enhance students
understanding on simple
past tense.



Teaching aids:
Worksheets
Textbook


Closure and
homework
Follow-up
activity
Teacher will give individual
worksheet which students
have to find the meaning and
construct sentences based
on the given simple past
tense form.
To enhance understanding
and to teach students
more vocabularies.

Teaching aid:
Worksheet



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REFERENCE
English Year 4 KBSR Textbook. 2012. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.